Babul Sanghavi

Babul Sanghavi (1753-) was the President of the Maratha Confederacy from 1800 until 1804. He overthrew Alaam II in 1800 and became the first democratic ruler in India.

Biography
Sanghavi was an industrial revolutionary who was frugal and thrifty with a respect for the status quo, yet he was a bon vivant. In 1800, leading the democratic resistance to the Maratha Confederacy kings, he overthrew the king Alaam II and established a democratic nation.